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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Illinois, Climate Division 8. Southwest

Average Temperature Rankings, August 2018

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 2018 1-Month	76.5°F (24.7°C)	76.0°F (24.4°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1915
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1936
	Ties: 1923, 2022
Jul–Aug 2018 2-Month	77.4°F (25.2°C)	77.0°F (25.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1967
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1936
	Ties: 1919, 1923, 1933, 1998
Jun–Aug 2018 3-Month	77.6°F (25.3°C)	75.9°F (24.4°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1915, 1927
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	1936
	Ties: 1987
May–Aug 2018 4-Month	76.5°F (24.7°C)	73.2°F (22.9°C)	3.3°F (1.8°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1967
				4th Warmest	Warmest since: 2012	1936
	Ties: 2010
Apr–Aug 2018 5-Month	71.1°F (21.7°C)	69.6°F (20.9°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1907
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2016	2010
	Ties: 1921, 1953, 1986, 1998, 2005
Mar–Aug 2018 6-Month	66.6°F (19.2°C)	65.5°F (18.6°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1964
Feb–Aug 2018 7-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1932, 1936, 1999
Jan–Aug 2018 8-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	57.3°F (14.1°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1912
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1919, 1939, 1941, 2001
Dec 2017–Aug 2018 9-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	54.8°F (12.7°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1986, 2011
Nov 2017–Aug 2018 10-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	53.8°F (12.1°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1939, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1988
Oct 2017–Aug 2018 11-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1938, 1986, 2011
Sep 2017–Aug 2018 12-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	103rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1922, 1972
Mar 2017–Aug 2018 18-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2015	1904
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2012
	Ties: 1991, 2008
Sep 2016–Aug 2018 24-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 2016	1979
				3rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2017	2017
	Ties: 2000
Sep 2015–Aug 2018 36-Month	58.1°F (14.5°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	125th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1979
				1st Warmest	Warmest to Date	2018
Sep 2014–Aug 2018 48-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	55.4°F (13.0°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	123rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1980
				2nd Warmest	Warmest to Date	2019
Sep 2013–Aug 2018 60-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2017	1906
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 2013	2020
	Ties: 1956, 1957, 2007

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/